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Texas school bus returning from field trip crashes, killing man and child

A school bus crash in Texas has killed two people as it was returning from a field trip to a local zoo, officials said.

A man and child were killed Friday following a Texas school bus crash with a concrete truck, as the bus carrying more than 40 people was returning from a field trip to a zoo, officials said. 

A Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) bus rolled over around 2:15 p.m. near Texas State Highway 21 and Caldwell Road in Bastrop County, FOX Austin reported. 

The cement truck veered onto the school bus, which killed a child. The driver of a Dodge Charger crashed into the bus, killing a man inside, authorities said. 

There were 44 students and 11 adults on the bus, the school district said.

The bus was carrying Tom Green Elementary pre-K students as they were returning from a field trip to the Bastrop Zoo.

"Parents of students on the bus have been notified directly from the campus. The district is in the process of conducting reunification. Hays CISD transportation staff, counselors, safety and security personnel, and other administrators have all joined first responders either at the accident scene or at the reunification location," Hays CISD said in a statement.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the school district, Texas Department of Public Safety and local authorities. 

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